One of the main ideas I got from this novel is that as the saying states \u201cwe shouldn\u2019t judge a book by its cover.\u201d After reading the first two volumes of the novel, I felt like the main character Frankenstein was the true evil person for causing such misery in the monster\u2019s life. At the beginning of the novel, we see how Frankenstein refers to his creation as devilish and malignant, but these assumptions were only made based off the monster\u2019s appearance. How could Frankenstein know if the monster was indeed devilish if he had not taken the time to discover his personality? He automatically assumed the monster was bad because of his looks, but as we further read we get clues that he was not. The monster longed for a love and affection from someone like any other human being. After being rejected from society, he then began to feel negative emotions against humans for their bad treatment. He then searches for Frankenstein and demands a woman who will give him the love and affection he desires. He stated \u201cYou must create a female for me, with whom I can live in the interchange of those sympathies necessary for my being\u201d (Shelley 156).\u00a0 All the monster wanted was to have someone at his side whom he could be with.<\/p>\n
Although at the beginning I felt like Frankenstein was evil, I changed my view after reading the third volume because of the huge sacrifice he made. After the request for a female, Frankenstein was torn between two consequences that could rise from his decision. On one end, he could make the woman and make the monster happy or he could choose not to and live in fear of the monster\u2019s vengeance. If he would have chosen to make the woman, he would have sparked the reproduction of the monster\u2019s kind in the world. He realized this when stating, \u201ca race of devils would be propogated upon the earth\u201d (Shelley 174). \u00a0In my opinion, Frankenstein chose to make the right decision because if he would\u2019ve granted the monster his wish, he would have condemned the world to suffer from his mistake. Although innocent people suffered as a result of Frankenstein\u2019s decision, he sacrificed them for the well-being of the rest of the human race. It was because of this that I began to feel compassion for him and no longer viewed him as evil.<\/p>\n
From the reading, I understood that when we judge people based on first impressions, we can be wrong. I initially thought Frankenstein was evil, but after further analyzing his character I changed my mind because he sacrificed the people he loved the most for the well-being of the rest of the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
One of the main ideas I got from this novel is that as the saying states \u201cwe shouldn\u2019t judge a book by its cover.\u201d After reading the first two volumes of the novel, I felt like the main character Frankenstein was the true evil person for causing such misery in the monster\u2019s life. At the<\/p>\n